Trevor Grove (born 1 January 1945) is a British

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and former editor of ''

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'' (1989–1992). Raised and educated in

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, where he was educated at

St. George's College, Quilmes St George's College is a private, bilingual, co-educational learning institution located in Quilmes, province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Founded in 1898, it is among the most exclusive and upper-class schools in Argentina, and indeed in Latin Am ...

,'GROVE, Trevor Charles', in '' Who's Who 2012'' (London: A. & C. Black, 2012) Grove was appointed editor of ''

'' on 3 October 1989 under

Max Hastings Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of ''The Daily Telegraph'', and editor of the ''Evening Standard' ...

, then editor-in-chief of both the daily and Sunday titles. Unusually, the previous editor,

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, was not removed from the newspaper, but instead was retained as editor of the comment section. This prompted the emergence of factionalism on the newspaper, which made Grove's position difficult. He was eventually succeeded in 1992, after less than three years in the post, by Charles Moore. Grove subsequently moved back to Argentina to launch ''El Periodico de Tucuman''. In 2004 he was the director of ''

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'', the national publication for UK prisoners. He has also written a number of books, including ''The Juryman's Tale'' (1998), a defence of the jury system, and ''One Dog and His Man'' about his relationship with his Dalmatian dog. He is married to the columnist and interviewer

Valerie Grove Valerie Grove (née Smith, born 11 May 1946) is a British journalist and author, who for many years worked as a feature writer, interviewer and columnist for ''The Times'' newspaper. Grove was born in South Shields. Her father, William Douglas "D ...

. He is also a magistrate. In ''

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'' he gives his recreations as "playing tennis, messing about in a boat, learning the tango, walking the dog".

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